Improvement in beer-cooling apparatus



AJAULHABER( Beer-Cooling Apparatus. 10.203,718', PatenfedMay-M, 1878.

N.PETP.RS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D4 C,

UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE. e

ALBERT FAULHABE, OF HEIDELBERG, GERMANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEER-COOLING APPARATUS.f

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 203,718, dated May 14, 1878 application iled March 20, 1878.

l To all whom it may concern:

over which cold water is permitted to flow;

and the object of my invention is to so construct the apparatus that the cold water will flow evenly over the pipes or tubes, and that the bcer or other liquid will be thoroughly cooled. This object I attain in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section of the cooling apparatus on the line12, Fig.2 Fig. 2, a transverse section; and Fig. 3, a sectional plan on the line 3 4, Fig. l.

In the drawing, A A are the vertical end plates of the frame, which support the horizontal flat tubes B B, the pipes D Dl D2 at the bottom, and the perforated water-trough E at the top. These horizontal tubes B B communicate with each other at opposite ends alternately, so thatv the liquor, in passing through them, will be compelled to take the circuitous course pointed out by the arrows in Fig. 1, the top tube communicating with au outlettube, b, while the lowest of the horizontal dat tubes B communicates, through the pipe b', with the central pipe Dl of the coil of pipes at the bottom of the frame. The opposite end of this pipe Dl is in communication, through the pipes D2 and D, with the` supplypipe On the upper part ofthe frame, immediately over the ilat tubes B, is arranged the usual trough E, with its central row of perforations 5 and in this trough rests a sieve, E', to prevent the passage of solid matters, and which is provided with suitable supports for the distributing vessel G, which communicates,

through al nozzle, g, with the water-supply, and has a series of perforations throughout its length, these perforations being arranged on the upper side of the vessel, in order that the liquid, in flowin g out, may be evenly distributed throughout the length ofthe trough.

Between each of the at tubes is a connecting-plate, for the purpose of facilitating the flow of water over the said tubes; but two of these tubes, near the center ot' the series, are arranged at some little distance from each other, in order to permit a perforated trough, T, to be suspended over the lower series of tubes, as shown in Fig. 2, the object of this arrangement being to equalize the dow of water over the lower tubes.

The frame, with its pipes and tubes, is placed in a pan or receptacle, M, provided with an overflow-pipe, fm, Fig. 2, so arranged that the coil of pipes D, D, and D2, into which the liquor lirst flows from the supply-pipe F, will be more or less immersed in the cool water the receptacle from 4out at b; or, if found more convenient, the

cooling-water may be caused to pass through the coil of pipes in the pan and upward through the tubes, while the beer is allowed to liow from the trough `E over the surface of the said pipes and into the pan M.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the series of horizontal tubes B with a perforated trough, T, arranged about midway between the top and bottom, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of January, 1878.

ALBERT FAULHABER.

l Witnesses:

FRANZ WIRTH, FRANZ HAssLAoHER. 

